Bertie Merl Hickman was born on 7 May 1900 at Mannington, WV..4 He was the son of Joseph Morgan Hickman and Sarah Virginia Cunningham. He lived in 1911 at Denver, Ross Co, OH; with W.B. and Elizabeth Sine. He served in US Army during WWI. He was at Hattiesburg, MS. in September 1917.5 He lived in January 1918 at CA.6 He was on the troop ship with the 150th Co, 38th Division, enroute to France. on 4 October 1918.7 He lived in 1920 at Jenkins Hotel, Fairmont, Marion Co, WV.. He lived in 1921 at East Liverpool, OH.. He married Emma Luella Merrill, daughter of Samuel Tilden Merrill and Eva May Parrish, on 21 February 1922 at New Cumberland, Hancock Co, WV..8 He was believed to have drown crossing railroad bridge, per recollections of his brother Howard Sr.9(Comment: No record of Merle after the birth of his second child in 1924.)

Emma Luella Merrill was born on 7 April 1900 at Frozen Camp, Jackson Co, WV.. She was the daughter of Samuel Tilden Merrill and Eva May Parrish. She was a rubber worker in 1920 at Akron, OH.. She lived in 1921 at East Liverpool, OH.. She married Bertie Merl Hickman, son of Joseph Morgan Hickman and Sarah Virginia Cunningham, on 21 February 1922 at New Cumberland, Hancock Co, WV..7 She married Joseph Bryant Gilbert on 31 December 1927 at Jackson Co, WV.. She lived at Ripley, Jackson Co, WV.. She died on 29 November 1937 at Wood Co, WV., at age 37. She was buried at Pine Hill Cemetery, Ripley, Jackson Co, WV..

Robert Theodore Hickman was born on 21 February 1924 at New Brighton, Beaver Co, PA.. He was the son of Bertie Merl Hickman and Emma Luella Merrill. He grew up in at Ripley, Jackson Co, WV.. He served in U.S. Navy and Merchant Marines for 21 years. He married Mary Eleanor Pearson circa 1984. He lived at Lucerne, Lake Co, CA.. He lived in 2011 at OR. He returned to Ripley, WV. in 2011. He died on 28 January 2013 at Wood Co, WV., at age 88.

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Orville Sayre was born on 7 January 1904 at Evans, WV.. He was the son of Enoch Jefferson Sayre and Mary Elizabeth Reynolds. He served durong WWII. He owned the Ripley Garage Chrysler dealership for 53 years. He died on 17 March 1992 at Ravenswood, Jackson Co, WV., at age 88.

Joseph Bryant Gilbert was born on 4 July 1885 at Cochran, GA.. He married Emma Luella Merrill, daughter of Samuel Tilden Merrill and Eva May Parrish, on 31 December 1927 at Jackson Co, WV.. He married Jessie F. Cleek on 19 August 1939 at Riply, Jackson Co, WV.. He mentions his two step-children, Virginia Mae Hickman and Robert Theodore Hickman, in his 1940 will.7 He died on 9 May 1950 at Pinellas Co, FL., at age 64. He was buried at Pine Hill Cemetery, Ripley, Jackson Co, WV..